[PATCH] D99305: [docs] Document our norms around reverts
Eric Christopher via Phabricator via llvm-commits
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Fri Apr 2 11:54:27 PDT 2021
echristo added inline comments.
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Comment at: llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst:330
+* In general, if the author themselves would revert the change per these
+ guidelines, we encourage other contributors to do so as a favor to the
+ author. This is one of the major cases where our norms differ from others;
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reames wrote:
> echristo wrote:
> > I think wording wise we can just remove the "... as a favor to the author." here and reword a little below...
> I left this one as is. I took all your other edits, but taking this out seems to loose an important point to me.
I followed up offline here with an article that would help illustrate my point, but for me not having the "I'm doing you a favor" is important. It's not a favor, it's just how we work. There's no obligation or reciprocity expected which the text gives the impression of.
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